Boys Basketball

	Welcome to Sheldon Boys Basketball. This is the third year of our coaching staff and we are all very excited about this season and building a quality program that will represent Sheldon and it’s community. We would like to welcome Coach Marques Green to our staff as the Freshman II basketball coach. Coach Melvin is Varsity Assistant who will be in charge of skill development and conditioning. We are happy to say that all five of our coaches this season work @ Sheldon High School during the day. That has been a very important goal in our program. The Irish will continue to play an up-tempo style of basketball that will be fun to play and watch. The following is a bio of our coaching staff so that you can get to know each of our coaches. Thanks for visiting our website and Go Irish! Head Coach Ron Lampe


Ron Lampe -- Head Coach
	Coach Lampe grew up in San Diego until the sixth grade where he moved to Creswell and eventually graduated from CHS in 1980. Lampe lettered in cross-country, football, basketball and baseball while earning 1st team All Sky-Em League as a center fielder in baseball and League MVP and 1st Team All State in basketball. Lampe then attended Western Oregon State University on a basketball scholarship. His first coaching experience came in 1985 at Creswell. He became the varsity coach three years later. After a 3 year stint, Lampe became an assistant varsity coach at Cottage Grove when the Lions won the 1991 State Championship at 25-0. Lampe then returned to Creswell in 1997 as head coach and won two more State Championships in 2000 and 2004. Coach Lampe taught mathematics and Physical Education at Creswell Middle School for 19 years before arriving at Sheldon to teach Physical Education. Lampe received a Bachelors of Arts in Physical Education from the University of Oregon in 1985 and a Masters of Science in Mathematics from Oregon State University in 1995. Ron has been married to his wife Cindy for 27 years and they have 5 daughters (Brandee-24, Kassi-23, Veronica-19, Jordan-18 and Baylee-10) and a beautiful grand- daughter (Eliott-2).


Travis Melvin -- Varsity Assistant Coach
	Travis played high school basketball at state powerhouse Pleasant Hill High School, where he led his team to the State Championship game in 1998. Along the way he was awarded Sky-Em league MVP, First Team All-State and West All state MVP. Travis also set a state record for steals in the state tournament with 17. After high school, Travis attended George Fox University where he played for the Bruins. Travis led his team in scoring steals and minutes played his junior and senior seasons. He was named Northwest Conference All Conference two different times. During his career at George fox Travis ended up the 13th all time leading scorer in George Fox basketball history. After college Travis was invited to the Utah Showcase, a combine camp for European scouts to place players on professional European teams. He also played for the Blue Angles an exhibition team that plays exhibition games against Division I teams. Last year he played for the Eugene Chargers a local professional team. Travis’ started his coaching career with the Varsity Academy a division of NBC camps in Portland. He coached AAU teams in West Linn and Pleasant Hill. Travis is currently coaching at the high school level at Sheldon High School. He developed the Premier Basketball Academy in September 7, 2003 with the idea of helping basketball player reach their full potential as athletes.


Daniel Clark -- Junior Varsity I Coach
	Coach Clark was born and raised in Creswell, OR and graduated from Creswell High School in 2001. While at CHS Clark lettered in cross-country, basketball, golf and track & field. During his time at CHS Clark was team MVP three times in cross-country and once in basketball. He was also a point-guard on the 2000 Basketball State Championship Team. After high school Daniel went to the University of Oregon with an academic scholarship. He also started coaching during the 2001-2002 season back at CHS as the assistant freshman coach. The next year Coach Clark moved to the assistant varsity coach. While an assistant varsity coach Creswell won its third State Championship in 2004. For the 2005 & 2006 seasons Clark coached the JV team at Creswell. 2007 Coach Clark helped coach Sheldon to a 3rd place finish in State. He also was an assistant coach on the OACA/Gatorade North-South All-Star team. Coach Clark is currently the JV coach at Sheldon. Coach Clark received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics from the University of Oregon in 2005, and his Master’s of Arts in Teaching from Pacific University. Clark is teaching at Sheldon High School in the Learning Center and for the mathematics department. Daniel got married August 26th 2006 in San Diego, to his amazing wife Ashley.
Lynn Hellwege -- Freshman Coach
	Lynn Hellwege: math teacher at Sheldon Played 3 years at North Eugene High School (1980-1983) Walk on player at Oregon State University (1985-1988) Graduate assistant coach at Oregon State University (1988-1989) Head Coach at North Bend High School (1989-1992) Freshman, JV, and Varsity assistant at Thurston High School (1992-1999) Freshman, JV, and Varsity assistant at Sheldon High School (1999-2003) Freshman coach at Sheldon High School (2007-2008)

Marques Green -- Freshman 2 Coach
	Marques Green played high school basketball at Willamette High School in Eugene, OR, where he was a four time varsity letter winner. Marques led the Wolverines to the playoffs and a second place finish in league his senior year. After high school, Marques went on to the University of Arizona to be a “walk-on”, but was placed on the practice squad. Refusing to let that keep him down, he went on to Chemeketa Community College in Salem, OR one year later. There he played for two years and was a part of two league titles. During his second year, only eight players remained on the team. Marques averaged forty minutes and led the team to their second straight league title and an eighth place finish in NWAACC Championship during that second year. After finishing his two years at Chemeketa, Marques went on to play for Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ. Marques suffered a knee injury during his first year at NAU, but was able to bounce back to finish the season strong. Marques started every game for NAU during his second season, including games against notable teams such as Kansas, Arizona, and Arizona State. Marques is now looking to take his skills overseas in International Basketball Leagues to further his growth as a basketball player. Marque has won wherever he has played and knows the type of work ethic it takes to accomplish basketball goals. He is an extremely hard worker and expects the same from people and players around him. Basketball Accolades: High School – Honorable Mention, 3rd team all league, 1st team all league. Chemeketa – Defensive Player of the year, Team MVP NAU – Golden Eagle Award (athlete above a 3.0 G.P.A), League All-Defensive Player)